Astana | |
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2010 season | |
UCI code | AST |
Status | UCI ProTour team |
World Ranking | 8th (768 points)[1] |
Manager | Yvon Sanquer |
Main sponsor(s) | Samruk-Kazyna |
Based | Kazakhstan |
Bicycles | Specialized |
Groupset | SRAM? |
Season victories | |
One-day races | 2 |
Stage race overall | 4[N 1] |
Stage race stages | 10 |
Grand Tours | none[N 2] |
National Championships | 2 |
Most wins | Alberto Contador (8 wins)[N 3] |
Best ranked rider | Alexander Vinokourov (11th) |
The 2010 season for the Astana cycling team began in January with the Tour Down Under and ended in October at the Giro di Lombardia. As a UCI ProTour team, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every ProTour event.
Astana's 2010 season marked a great transition for the team, as went from the leadership of Johan Bruyneel to Yvon Sanquer. The team similarly saw many notable riders depart, including Lance Armstrong, Levi Leipheimer, Andreas Klöden, and the rest of Astana's squad from the 2009 Tour de France save champion Alberto Contador. Most of these riders were part of Armstrong's new team in 2010, Team RadioShack. Contador and Alexander Vinokourov, who returned from suspension late in the 2009 season, were the team's leaders in 2010.
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